Talent is Overrated, deliberate practice is needed.

Interesting article I read regarding talent... could easily apply to firearms training.
This was in an article in a waiting room at the phys. therapist.

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and there's a sidebar of interest as well.

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There's a bit of religious content... which you can ignore or not...

In a way it remided me of the FBI agent pistol marksman that was raised "teething on a .45"... Guantes provided that link.

I don't know how many of us have 10,000 hours to devote to being "all that" with a hand gun or other self defense methods... or how many times we pick apart EVERY motion we make in drawing and firing...

But it sure wouldn't hurt to do more, I guess

I read that book, worth reading but a tad dry,

If you find that article interesting, read Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Specifically, the chapter on the 10,000 hour rule.

Souinds as if it was writtenby someone without any talent for folks with no talent...<heh heh heh>